Despite their origins as a bluesy hard-rock outfit, the members of decided to jump the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) bandwagon, drafting a powerful young singer called (who later rose to fame as with ) to give them much-needed visual and musical credibility. The scheme worked, and their first album, , contains top-notch NWOBHM, featuring raw, energetic performances capped with often silly or naive lyrics. and sound especially awkward, but the hilarious makes it all seem wonderfully innocent. The first single, is both catchy and aggressive, and the band shows off its chops on the drum-happy and the almost prog-rock In a premonition of things to come, is little more than a modified version of 's Casual listeners are bound to find this album too raw and sonically dated, but for those keen on the NWOBHM genre, it's a worthy purchase. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia